WorksheetsParticiples 1/9/2023 Due Today!
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 46mins
Participles are a type of verbal that function as a/an ________________ in the sentence.
Adverb
Noun
Verb
Adjective
What are the two types of participles?
Present and Participating
Past and Present
Past and Punctual
Past and Future
Identify the participle in the sentence:
Mary wrote a letter to the frozen Santa who was sitting out in the cold.
Sitting
Frozen
Letter
Is the underlined participle past or present?
Jake looked up at his flying kite.
Past
Present
Identify the participle in the sentence:
Laughing, she stepped up to the podium to begin her speech.
Stepped
Begin
Laughing
Is the underlined participle past or present, and why?
Kevin saw a flying squirrel jumping from tree to tree.
Past, it ends in -ing
Present, it ends in -ing
Past, it functions as a noun
Present, it functions as a verb
Identify the participle in the sentence and tell what word it is modifying.
James kicked the ball and it landed on a frozen lake.
Frozen is the participle modifying the word lake
Kicked is the participle modifying the word ball
Frozen is the participle modifying the word ball
Kicked is the participle modifying the word James
Why is "kicked" not a participle in this sentence:
James kicked the ball and it landed on a frozen lake.
Because it is functioning as a noun
Because it is functioning as a verb
It is a participle.
Is the underlined participle past or present?
Katie raced to the flashing light at the finish line.
Past
Present
Fill in the blank with the correct participle:
Her ___________ profession is teaching piano.
choosing
favorite
chosen
best
Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.
My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.
Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.
The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.
Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.
Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.
Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.
The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.
Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.
The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night.
My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.
The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.
The sobbing child held his injured knee.
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
Participles act like _____________________.
Adjectives
Nouns
Verbs
Adverbs
What are the two types of participles?
Present and past
Past and progressive
Present and progressive
There is only one type of participle.
Present participles always end in ___________________.
-ing
-ed
-en
-s
Past participles end in ______________________________.
A variety of past tense endings
-ing
-s
-es
Identify the participle in the sentence:
The bent rake was difficult to use.
Bent
Rake
Difficult
No participle
Identify the participle in the sentence:
The flying insect was a nuisance.
Flying
Insect
Nuisance
No participle
Identify the participle in the sentence:
The annoyed teacher fussed at the students.
Annoyed
Fussed
Students
No participle
Identify the participle in the sentence:
The water, gushing through the ravine, was very dangerous.
Gushing
Very
Dangerous
No participle
Identify the participle in the sentence:
The girls were sitting very properly.
Sitting
Very
Properly
No participle
Identify the word being modified by the participle.
The dog wearing the red collar is very kind.
Dog
Red collar
Kind
None of the above
Identify the word being modified by the participle.
Jim was a trained guide for the national park.
Guide
Jim
Park
None of the above
Identify the word being modified by the participle.
Jill watched as her damaged car was towed away.
Car
Jill
Away
None of the above
What is a participle?
verb pretending to be a noun
verb pretending to be an adjective
noun pretending to be a noun
adjective pretending to be a verb
What are the two ways a participle can end?
-ly
-ing
-ed
-ness
Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.
sailed
ship
striking
distance
Find the participle: The children took off their snowy jackets and crowded by the warming fire.
warming
crowded
took
snowy
Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.
sleep
blinking
could
power
Find the participle: The man shielded his eyes from the blinding sun as he stepped out of the movie theater.
Shielded
stepped
eyes
blinding
Find the participle: The boiling clouds poured down rain on the seething sea.
boiling
seething
poured
Find the participle: The startled cat jumped high into the air.
cat
air
jumped
startled
Find the participial phrase: Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class.
in class
the student struggled
yawning widely
to stay awake
Find the participial phrase: Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.
the last page
Sally read the ending
ending first
opening the book to the last page
Find the participial phrase: The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.
ran down the hallway
wearing the blue shirt
down the hallway
the girl wearing
Find the participial phrase: The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.
playing in the park
school next door
belong to the school next door
in the park
Find the participial phrase: The pilot pushed on the yoke, changing the direction of the plane.
changing the direction of the plane
pushed on the yoke
the pilot pushed on the yoke
direction of the plane
Find the participial phrase: The curtains closed at the end of the play, bringing the night of theater to an end.
end of the play
to an end
the curtains closed
bringing the night of theater to an end
What is a dangling participle?
a participial phrase in the wrong place
a prepositional phrase in the wrong place
a phrase at the end of a sentence
a phrase that describes falling off of something
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Reading a book, the cat crawled up in my lap.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? The dog was chasing the boy wearing the spiked collar.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? I saw Arthur running for the bus.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Removing her glasses, the queen shook her head in disappointment.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? He stared at the girl next to the vending machine wearing dark glasses.
Yes
No
